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Show Home Rule De-batePostponed De-batePostponed Conference Summoned by the King to Discuss Points of Difference London, July 20. Premier As-qutth As-qutth at the opening of tho houso of commons today announced that King George, In view of the grave political situation, has considered It right to summon a conference of tho representatives represen-tatives of the political parties, both British and Irish, to discuss tho outstanding out-standing points of tho problem of Irish government. Tho premier added that the Right 1 Honorablo'jnmes Lowthcr, speaker of 'j the House of commons, would at his J majesty's request preside over the conferences. In vlow of this development Premier Prem-ier Asqulth said he would not ask tho house to discuss today tho bill to amend the Irish homo rule hill, t The Invitations have been acceuted I by two representatives each of the I regular opposition, of tho Ulster unionists un-ionists of the Irish nationalists nnd of tho government. Premier Asqulth said ho hoped tho meetings of tho conferenco would begin be-gin tomorrow. Andrew Bonar Law, leader of the opposition, on its behalf remarked that it had loyally accepted tho command com-mand of his majesty. John Redmond, leader of the Irish nationalists, scarcely appeared to regard re-gard the proposed conferences us attractive. at-tractive. He said. "My colleagues and mysolf take no responsibility for tVo policy of call-Ing call-Ing this convention and 1 do not think I am called on to express an opinion as to whether the result will prove usoful or tho contrary. Tho invitation in-vitation came to John Dillon and myself my-self In the form of a command fioui tho king hnd as such we at once obeyed It." Lawronco Glnnell, a nationalist member, Interjected a wnrnlng onto Into tho otherwise peaceful Interlude by asking If thero was any precedent f for tho premier advising the king to placo himself ht tho bend of a con' I splracy to defeat tho wishes ot the ' houso. I Tho question wis Ipnored nud tho 'houso then procoaded with oilier business. I Unionists Criticise Conference I Extremely heated criticism of the 1 conferenco nt Buckingham palno-i? bd-I bd-I tween King Georgo nnd tho len icra ' of tho liberal, unionist, nationalist I and Ulsterlto parties on ho Irish i homo rulo was heart In unionist clubs today. I Members of tho unionist pnrtj tx-' tx-' pressed tho low that tho r parly j again had been outiviinouverod by ' Picmler Asqulth nt n moment wnen I through tho houso of lord? rcoimstruc ' lion of tho amendment to tho 1 'ito 1 rule bill they wero In a better i-ohI-I Hon than for n long time Th- nit'- ntlva for, tho conferanco was ink-u by 1 Premier Asqulth and not by i-lws 1 George, according to thou unionist. 1 --a si trim "" |